Will the real George W. Bush keep standing up? And will someone please send him to his room?

If anyone out there in 527-land is reading: how about a nice 30-second spot with a montage of the sourpuss moments on one side of the screen and on the other a motherly lady of about Barbara Bush’s age explaining how she never tolerated such behavior from her children and sees no reason to tolerate it from the President of the United States. “What George needs is a time out.”

The Bushites would cry foul, but that’s exactly the sort of subtly below-the-belt attack that it’s virtually impossible for a candidate to recover from. He’s campaigning on his manhood; treating him as a child would be devastating.